Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is Glasgow's most important museum and art gallery, and was opened in 1901. Kelvingrove Art Gallery is located on Argyle Street, in the West End of Glasgow, on the banks of the River Kelvin. Most of the founding contents were bequeathed by Archibald McLellan. Kelvingrove has one of the top three collections of arms and armour in the world, and a world famous French art collection which went on tour through North America during the reconstruction.

In 2001, hundred years after the first opening, plans were made for a major refurbishment of the museum called the Kelvingrove New Century Project. Works on the £27.9 million restoration started in 2003 and the museum closed for several years to re-open in july 2006. Before the refurbishment the museum attracted almost one million visitors every year. This year the museum already welcomed 1.8 million people and the gallery management expect to reach nearly 4 million by the end of the first twelve months. The special way in which the items are displayed will certainly contribute to the large number of visitors, making Kelvingrove the most visited museum in the UK outside London.